PCNSE PCNSE Advanced Threat Prevention 5

Question 1

Which Advanced Threat Prevention capability specifically protects against injection-based attacks within web application traffic by analyzing HTTP request patterns?

Accepted Answer

Vulnerability Protection signatures for web attacks (e.g., SQLi, XSS)

Answer

Vulnerability Protection profiles include signatures that detect and block common web attack patterns like SQL injection and cross-site scripting in HTTP traffic.

Question 2

An organization uses PAN-OS Zone Protection profiles. Which threat protection setting within a Zone Protection profile helps mitigate reconnaissance activity?

Accepted Answer

Reconnaissance Protection (port scan and host sweep detection)

Answer

Zone Protection profiles include Reconnaissance Protection that detects and blocks TCP/UDP port scans and host sweep attempts before they reach security policies.

Question 3

What is the significance of the 'threat-id' field in a PAN-OS threat log entry?

Accepted Answer

It uniquely identifies the specific threat signature that triggered the log entry

Answer

The threat-id is a unique identifier for the specific Palo Alto Networks threat signature that matched the traffic, enabling precise lookup in threat databases.

Question 4

A firewall is deployed in tap mode. Which Threat Prevention actions will be enforced on matched traffic?

Accepted Answer

Only 'Alert' and 'Allow' — tap mode cannot block traffic

Answer

In tap mode, the firewall receives a copy of traffic and cannot inject packets to block or reset connections, so only passive actions like alerting are effective.

Question 5

Which setting in a WildFire Analysis profile controls which file types are forwarded to WildFire for analysis?

Accepted Answer

Application and file type selections within the WildFire Analysis profile

Answer

The WildFire Analysis profile specifies application and file type combinations (e.g., PE files over FTP, PDFs over SMTP) that the firewall forwards to WildFire.

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PCNSE PCNSE Advanced Threat Prevention 5